Supporting The Local LGBTQ Community

The social climate for LGBTQ people, especially young people, has always been full of uncertainty and challenges. In this episode of Pandora's Box, host Joanie Trussel talks with Cortez Middle School teacher Matt Keefauver about what local support for the LGBTQ community looks like, and the upcoming screening of the film "Two Spirits", which interweaves the tragic story of a mother’s loss of her son with a revealing look at the largely unknown history of a time when the world wasn’t simply divided into male and female, and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders.

At a recent mental health forum for the Dolores School District, counselors and psychologists from the schools and around the community talked about how to tackle mental health issues, especially among young people. There was a long discussion afterwards about how best to approach such subjects.

In this episode of The Fish Bowl, KSJD's Tom Yoder talks with Brittney Peacock, a senior at Mancos High School, about her recent public encounter with racism and how it has shaped the conversations she now has about race with her friends and family.